Lysistrata

women of Lysistrata use that inherent power of the female body to make the men in their lives make good decisions. sex and their bodies to make the men stop fighting in an endless war. Though it is played up for comedy, Lysistrata, shows a unique viewpoint. Calonice and the other women don’t just want to have sex to please their husbands. They enjoy sex, as much as their husbands. That fact is what makes it so hard for the women to continue their sex strike against their husbands. Lysistrata is…

In our presentation “Lysistrata” I took part of Myrrhine, what I was accomplishing in this scene was to be as precise as I could be. To also have a classy pitch to match the tones of my classmates, as I listened to myself I felt like I did an okay job for the level that I'm at in theatre I wasnt too quiet nor too loud. Something that I would do differently would be probably be to a better pronounciation of words and have a good fluency of the lines that I have to read. My character didn't have…

Larry, I agree with your choice of Lysistrata’s speech to the Magistrate because of her ability to compare housework as not being much different than ending the war. She has a simple plan to fix what is wrong with the city and relates it in a way that shows that the cleansing that the woman do at home is not much different than what would be needed to fix the city’s problems. I would like to point to a different speech that I found to be very convincing as well. Her speech right at the beginning…

Aristophanes’ Lysistrata satirizes the fruitlessness of the Peloponnesian war and the roles of women which is conveyed by the premise that something as simple as abstinence by women can bring an end to a dragged-out war. It can be inferred that this is an anti-war satire from the conversations between the women after Lysistrata asks “don’t you miss the men, the fathers of your children all the time?” where the women talk about not being able to see the fathers of their children for months at a…

Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone and Aristophanes’ Greek comedy Lysistrata, gender roles play an important part in understanding the motives of the characters. Traditionally in ancient civilizations, women’s roles were limited to the home, but both playwrights contradict this by having the lead roles in their play go to female characters, both of whom use their gender as a way to defy power and stand for their cause. Antigone and Lysistrata believe in their cause enough to go against male…

the comedy Lysistrata, Lysistrata cultivates her feminine power to organizes a sex strike to stop the civil war between Sparta and Athens. Hecuba’s vengeance and Lysistrata’s protest are meant to ensure their identities as wives and mothers, a result of their gender roles. Despite being different genres of drama, both Lysistrata and Hecuba take action to secure their traditional roles as women and caregivers in ancient Greek.…

Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is a comedic play during the Peloponnesian War that is ripe with these stereotypes, providing further insight into the timeliness of human sexuality, desire, and the war of the sexes. The traditional role of women and their appetites during this time period was humorous compared to the duties of men. Women enjoyed parties, having their domestic jobs, and were interested in love and wine. Their one means to power was their beauty. In the play, Aristophanes presents…

When literature speaks in a way that can empower those without power, it poses a threat to established institutions. Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, and Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, both challenge powerful institutions by discussing the vast potential of marginalized groups, such as women or poor men. By doing this, these authors validate the potential for power Throughout Leaves of Grass, Whitman praises the common man and his importance in the United States. He says, “the genius of the…

appeal to the counter-culter generation by utilizing these methods of expression. The same is true for drama, but few plays share as much cultural significance as Lysistrata and Mother Courage. As the plays are often cited as two of the most well known anti-war dramas of all time, they share a unique distinction: Aristophanes’s Lysistrata and Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children both feature prominent female protagonists in an era of limited gender equality. Indeed, the function…

domestic affairs such as cleaning, cooking, and sewing. However, their most important duty was to bear and care for as many healthy children as they could. Aristophanes noticed this and cleverly reversed these gender roles in his satirical play, Lysistrata. He did this by having women take up the positions of men, allowing the women to be more sexually open, and giving them a less subservient role and a more active voice. This made for an interesting commentary on Ancient Greek society and the…